COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES UNDER MICROSCOPE: The House Health Quality Subcommittee will take up a bill (PCB HQS 14-01) that would add regulations for out-of-state compounding pharmacies. Such pharmacies drew heavy attention in 2012, after a meningitis outbreak that was traced to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy. (9 a.m., 306 House Office Building, the Capitol.)

FDLE CRIME LABS DISCUSSED: The Senate Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Subcommittee will take up a series of issues, including a discussion of Florida Department of Law Enforcement crime-lab operations. The discussion comes after the arrest of a former crime-lab chemist suspected of tampering with drug evidence. (10 a.m., 37 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.)

HOUSE TAKES AIM AT SEXUAL PREDATORS: The House Appropriations Committee will consider a series of bills (HB 7013, HB 7017, HB 7019, HB 7021, HB 7025 and HB 7027) that would seek to crack down on sexually violent predators and sexual offenders. (Noon, 212 Knott Building, the Capitol.)

RETIREMENT SYSTEM AT ISSUE: The House State Affairs Committee will hear an overview of retirement systems. House Speaker Will Weatherford has pushed to revamp the state pension system. (3:30 p.m., Morris Hall, House Office Building, the Capitol.)

MORGAN, SHERIFF TO DISCUSS MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Orlando trial attorney John Morgan, who has spearheaded a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at legalizing medical marijuana, will discuss the issue during a Sarasota Tiger Bay Club luncheon. Also discussing the issue will be Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight. (Noon, Michael's on East, 1212 South East Ave., Sarasota.)

CHAVEZ TO BE EXECUTED: Juan Carlos Chavez, who was convicted in the high-profile 1995 murder of 9-year-old Jimmy Ryce in Miami-Dade County, is scheduled to be executed. (6 p.m., Florida State Prison, near Starke.)

BRYANT TO SPEAK AT BLACK CAUCUS EVENT: John Hope Bryant, founder and chief executive officer of Operation HOPE, will be the keynote speaker at a Florida Legislative Black Caucus event celebrating Black History Month. (6 p.m., House chamber, the Capitol.)

WEST TO APPEAR AT LINCOLN DAY DINNER: Former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., will speak during the Sarasota County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner. (6 p.m., Hyatt Regency, 1000 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota.)

CRIST BOOK TOUR GOES TO JACKSONVILLE: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist will continue a promotional tour for his new book, "The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat." (7 p.m., Books-A-Million, 9400 Atlantic Blvd., Jacksonville.)

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